Ella Shelton

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Ella Shelton
Born (1998-01-19) January 19, 1998 (age 26)
Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
PWHL team
Former teams		 PWHL New York
  • Team Sonnet
  • Team Scotiabank
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 2013–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Beijing Team
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Canada
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Denmark
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 United States
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Canada

Ella Shelton (born January 19, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and alternate captain for PWHL New York of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL), and member of Canada women's national ice hockey team. She was drafted fourth overall in the 2023 PWHL Draft by New York.

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Playing career

Shelton competed in the Provincial Women's Hockey League (Provincial WHL) with the London Jr. Devilettes club. In 2016, Shelton skated for Team Ontario's U18 provincial squad. [1]

College

Her college ice hockey career was played with the Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey conference of the NCAA Division I from the 2016–17 season to the 2019–20 season. During her junior season, Shelton led the Golden Knights in shots blocked with 81. Additionally, she was named the assistant captain. She would follow it up with the honour of team captain in her senior season, one which saw her named as a finalist for the ECAC's Best Defenseman award.

Professional

After college, Shelton joined the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA). She was affiliated with the Toronto hub during the 2020–21 PWHPA season and played with Team Scotiabank during the 2022–23 season.

On September 18, 2023, Shelton was selected in the first round, fourth overall by PWHL New York in the 2023 Draft of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). [2] On October 31, 2023, she signed a three-year contract with the team. [3] On December 21, 2023, Shelton and teammate Alex Carpenter were named the first alternate captains in team history. [4]

On January 1, 2024, against PWHL Toronto, Shelton scored the first goal in PWHL history. [5]

International play

Shelton was named to the Canadian contingent that participated at the Nation's Cup in Fussen, Germany, in January 2018, which saw her call fellow Clarkson Golden Knights Loren Gabel a teammate. Losing both games in the preliminary round, Canada defeated Germany by a 5-1 mark in the fifth-place game; Shelton would assist on a second period goal by Brooke Stacey. [6]

She was one of 28 players invited to Hockey Canada's Centralization Camp, which represents the selection process for the Canadian women's team that shall compete in Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics. [7] On January 11, 2022, Shelton was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. [8] [9] [10]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2013–14London Jr. Devilettes Prov. WHL 374262630002
2014–15London Jr. DevilettesProv. WHL377142140300014
2015–16London Jr. DevilettesProv. WHL341116271871346
2016–17 Clarkson University NCAA 416192510—————
2017–18 Clarkson UniversityNCAA395202510—————
2018–19 Clarkson UniversityNCAA406192524—————
2019–20 Clarkson UniversityNCAA339243318—————
2020–21 Team Sonnet PWHPA 42352—————
2022–23 Team ScotiabankPWHPA185498—————
NCAA totals153268210876—————
PWHPA totals22771410—————

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2021 Canada WC Gold medal icon.svg71234
2022 Canada OG Gold medal icon.svg70332
2022 CanadaWCGold medal icon.svg72790
2023 CanadaWCSilver medal icon.svg70110
2024 CanadaWCGold medal icon.svg71232
Senior totals35415198

Awards and honours

HonorsYearRef
ECAC
All-Academic Team 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 [1]
Third Team All-Star 2017
All-Rookie Team 2017
All-Tournament Team 2017, 2018, 2019
Second Team All-Star 2018, 2019
First Team All-Star 2020
NCAA
USCHO All-Rookie Team 2017 [11]
Second Team ACHA All-American 2020 [1]
Second Team All-USCHO 2020 [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ella Shelton". clarksonathletics.com. Clarkson Golden Knights. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  2. ↑ Pyette, Ryan (September 19, 2023). "Ingersoll's Ella Shelton picked fourth overall in inaugural PWHL draft". The London Free Press . Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  3. ↑ @PWHL_NewYork (October 31, 2023). "It's New York or nowhere. 🗽 We have officially signed Team Canada Olympian Ella Shelton ( @ella_shelton11 ) to a three-year contract. Welcome to the City of Dreams!" (Tweet). Retrieved November 3, 2023– via Twitter.
  4. ↑ @PWHL_NewYork (December 21, 2023). "Meet the first-ever Captains of PWHL New York! 🫡 We are proud to announce defender Micah Zandee-Hart as our Captain and forward Alex Carpenter and defender Ella Shelton as our Alternate Captains!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ↑ "New York's Shelton scores first-ever PWHL goal". TSN.ca. January 1, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
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